Inequities in life course criminal legal system sanctions: measuring cumulative involvement.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

The impact of incarceration on health is well known. Yet, most studies measure incarceration alone and miss additional exposure to the criminal legal system over time. We evaluated adult criminal legal sanctions - inclusive of arrests, charges, probation, incarceration - from ages 18-35 and inequities by juvenile sanctions and race.

Methods

Using the National Longitudinal Survey on Youth 1997, a nationally representative data set of adolescents followed into their mid-thirties (1997-2017), we calculated the mean cumulative count, or the average number of criminal legal events per person per study visit, stratified by juvenile sanctions and race.

Results

Of 7024 participants, 1679 experienced 3,075 encounters. There were seven arrests, 30 charges, nine probatio

SUBMITTER: LeMasters K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10075343 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature